Improvement in matting apparatus



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JAMES H. REILLY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK', ASSIGNOR T() HENRY G. REED, OF TAUNTON, MASSAClEIUSlSlTIS.

Leners Padano. unmanned Jaimy 17,1871.

',lll'he Schedule referred to in these LettersI-atent and *making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J AMESV H. REILLY, of Brookf lyn, iu the .county of 'Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Matting-Machine; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,`and exact description ofthe same, reference bcing had to the accompanying drawiugniakng-a part of this specification, in Which- Fignrel is a sectional elevation, and

Figure 2 a horizontal section;

This invention has for its object, to produce iu met-al ware of any sort an ornamental indented or i matted surface; andthis object is accomplished by the use of jointed needles, formed ot' any suitable metal, and articulated at one end to the periphery of a chuck, which is made to receive so rapid a revolution as to canse the needles to stand out 4radially from the chuck, so that`,when the larticle of ware is held` by hand near enough to the revolving needles to receive blows from their points, its surface is thereby suitably mat-ted. 4

a is a chuck, which is intended to be screwed upon the spindle of a lathe so as to receive rotation therefrom in the same manner as a common bud'.

bis a circumferential groove in the chuck.

c are bars, placed crosswise of the-groove, lengthwisc of and parallel with the periphery of the chuck.

:lare needles articulated in rows upon the bars c,

being constructed in two or more parts, which are jointed together, each needle being, in this instance, constructed iu two parts, whereof the inner or those next the chuck are'iron, Vand the outer parts of brass,

The needles. may be made of more parts than tw'o, and the material may be `all iron or all brass, orany other material that will answer the purpose.

' When the chuck is made to revolve with snicient rapidity, the jointed ,needles sta-nd out stu ight. If', then, the goblet or other article to be matted be held in such position that the points of the flying-needles will strike it, each needle produces an indentation in its surface, and the joints of the needles enable them to bend sufficiently-to pass the goblet after having struck it. A'sutlcieut number of needles being employed, the whole surfaceof the goblet is, in this manner, covered With -minute indentations, which give it the requisite appearance. 'Having' thus described my' invention,

NVhat I claim as new, and 'desire to secure by Lett-ers Patent, isp i The combination of jointed needles with a chuck, drum, or its equivalent, in thermauner and for the purpose specified. l l

JAMES H. REILLY. Witnesses:

Tnnononn EVANS, CALVIN P. HARRIS. 

